Welcome to the Khao San Road Circus. In case you haven’t done your backpacker year of squatting abroad, or just missed the memo, Khao San Road is legend. Legend for its endless supply of eager young backpackers disembarking from Bangkok Thailand for the wilds of...

Do you dream of an adventure travel job where you get paid to travel, party, and live in paradise? How about a travel job that you can do all over the world and crawl into “the office”? If this sounds intriguing and a better way...

No, no, no – you have to roll it smooth. Nice and even across the marble. Not rough and hard like that. Smoooooth…[pushes roller gently across the dough]
You mean like how you should touch a woman?
Yes, yes - something like this.
Okay. I have no idea...

Like the story of so many magical romances, it happens when you least expect it. Determined at finding work in Rome, my next adventure job abroad has arrived while socializing during a meal (red wine, white wine, aperitifs, digestifs) at a restaurant in Rome. I...

Adventure Travel Jobs in Mexico: Harvesting Agave
That sharp metal thing on the end…that can cut off your toes. So don't use the coa like that
This was the loose translation from my Jimador (harvester) instructor as I recklessly swung the coa (harvesting tool) toward the blue...

Although my seasonal odd job as a Christmas Tree Associate has come to end, my affection for the trade remains unwavering. Cheers to the trees who make this holiday possible.
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The Last Day as a Christmas Tree Salesman
In a morning just like any other, I get a call from my boss at the usual time for last minute subbing.
Mark: Hey Turner…What’s happening?
Me: Not much (eating breakfast, thinking, ah yes another day of deliveries and crisp...

DAY 12 in a Christmas Tree Sales Job
So today I finally gotta taste of the Christmas Tree Sales Lot holy grail: Deliveries.
My boss was feeling the Christmas cheer today and decided to spread the holiday love around. So instead of loitering around the lot in...

DAY 10 as a Christmas Tree Salesman
I keep getting morning wake up calls asking me to come in on my days off. I see the beauty in asking me to work more shifts. They know I am here just for the sake of working during the...